In Slovenia, Šoštanj Primary School Collaborates with Its Community

Šoštanj Primary School offers a learning process which can enrich traditional forms of schooling. Itdemonstrates how a school, including its infrastructure, can influence family life and the environment,creating new social patterns and a local identity. Pupils and teachers are involved in different thematicprojects and programmes, together with parents and the wider community.Slovenia’s primary schoolsAt the beginning of the 2005/06 school year, the number of primary schools in Slovenia reachedalmost 800 (242 independent, 205 government-run and 350 subsidiary schools).Financing for public preschool and primary school infrastructure is shared between localcommunities (municipalities) and the Ministry of Education and Sport, with government fundingranging from 10 to 70%. Local communities own both the buildings and equipment.